Eyal Booker

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Eyal Booker
Born
Eyal Adi Booker

(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 28)
Education
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • model
  • singer
Television

Eyal Adi Booker (born 2 August 1995) is an English media personality. Whilst attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School, he was selected as a member of the music group EverYoung. Then in 2018, he was a contestant on the fourth series of Love Island . Booker later went on to appear on Celebs on the Ranch and Celebs Go Dating , as well as The X Factor: Celebrity as part of the group No Love Lost.

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Life and career

Eyal Adi Booker was born on 2 August 1995 in Watford, Hertfordshire and raised in Bushey. [1] [2] [3] Booker is Jewish and attended the Jewish Free School in Kenton, London. [4] [5] He later attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, where he became a member of EverYoung, a band formed by Sylvia Young. Booker, alongside fellow students Cherelle Williams, Hollie McKinlay and Jack Morlen were signed by Young's record label Seymore Place Music as part of an 18-month apprenticeship. [6] [7] In 2016, he appeared in one of the music videos for Zara Larsson's song "Lush Life". [8] Booker later began working as a model and a social media influencer, and has appeared in fashion campaigns and worked for brands including Adidas, Puma and Bed Head. [9] [10]

In 2018, Booker became a contestant on the fourth series of Love Island . [11] [12] He entered the villa on Day 1 and was dumped on Day 25. [13] [14] After leaving the series, he made guest appearances on Love Island: Aftersun , The Wright Stuff and The Big Narstie Show . [15] In October 2018, Booker appeared on the fifth series of Celebs Go Dating . [16] In March 2019, Booker appeared on the second series of the game show Impossible Celebrities on BBC One. [17] In April 2019, Booker took part in the 5Star reality series Celebs on the Ranch , where he was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated. [18] He also appeared on MTV Cribs UK . [19] In October 2019, he took part in The X Factor: Celebrity as part of No Love Lost, a group consisting of Booker and his former Love Island co-stars Zara McDermott, Samira Mighty and Wes Nelson. They were eliminated from the show in week 3 and the group disbanded shortly afterwards. [20] [21] In 2021, Booker appeared in two episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills , alongside his then-girlfriend Delilah Belle Hamlin, the daughter of cast member Lisa Rinna. [22] In 2022, he appeared as a guest on the ITV2 game shows CelebAbility and Apocalypse Wow. [23] [24]

Filmography

As himself
YearTitleNotesRef.
2018 Love Island Contestant; series 4 [14]
2018 Love Island: Aftersun Guest; 1 episode [15]
2018 Celebs Go Dating Cast member [16]
2019 Impossible Celebrities Contestant; 6 episodes [17]
2019 Celebs on the Ranch Contestant [18]
2019 MTV Cribs UK Homeowner; 1 episode [19]
2019 The X Factor: Celebrity Contestant [20]
2021 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Guest; 2 episodes [22]
2022 CelebAbility Guest; 1 episode [23]
2022Apocalypse WowParticipant [24]
2023Love Island GamesParticipant [14]

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